Safety-razor-blade holder



March 24, 1931. D. J. PRICE SAFETY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed Aug. 15,1930 INVENTOR Jar/a c/ Pr/ae.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES DAVID 3'. PRICE, OFKOKOMO, INDIANA SAIET'Y-RAZOR-IBLADE HOLDER Application filed August 15,1930. Serial'lio. 475,598.

My invention has for its object to provide a convenient, inexpensiveholder for razor blades when it is desired to sharpen the same bystropping and it particularly seeks to provide a holder which will takeeither Valet, Christy, Gillette or Durham type blades, or those havingbacks such as the Gem, Eveready, Star and other well known kinds.

Further, it is an object to provide a blade holder for stropping inwhich the holder is provided with bevelled edges, the bevel of whichcorresponds to that of the sharpened edge or edges of the blade to bestropped so as to act as a guide and gauging means by which the blademay be mostadvantageously placed when drawn over the stropping strap.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in. part be pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention stillfurther resides in the novel details of construction, combination andarrangement'of parts, all of which will be first fully described in thefollowing detailed description, then be particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompany ng drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder with a Gillette typeblade in place.

Figure 2'is a perspective view of the holder I shown in Figure-1 opened.

the holder.

holder which has a threaded shank 2 at one end and a hinge ear 4 at theother end, the threaded shank having a portion cut away as at 3 tocooperate with and receive the threaded end 14 of the supplementalportion 11 of Both the main and supplemental portions of the holder havetheir opposing faces flat and provided with longitudinal grooves 5 forthe reception of the reinforced strip 18 of the blades of the Gem orValet type.

Each holder section 1 and 11 is also provided with stud receiving holes6 and 17respectively for the reception of the studs 7, the reduced endsof which lie in the holes 6 where they are held with sutfieientretaining friction to prevent their dropping out or following thesection 11 when the holder is opened.

9 design ates the longitudinal bevelled edges of the holder portions 1and 11, the inclination of which edges corresponds to the bevel of theother blade shar ened'edge or edges.

10 designates the at outer faces of the holder portions 1 and 11. Thesupplemental holder portion 11 is provided with hinge ears 12 and ahinge pin 13 passes through the ears 4. and 12 to secure thebook-fashion.

The threaded end 14 of the supplemental section 11 corresponds to thepart removed at 3 from'the shank 2 and when the sections 1 and 11 are inthe clamping position the threaded end 14 and shank 2 are screwed intoparts together to open i the threaded socket 16 of the handle 15 whichthereby holds the parts assembled.

The razor blade, being held by the holder, is stropped in the usualmanner of stropping the old style razor blades and it is thought thatfromtheforegoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the construction, operation and advan-. tages of the inventionwill be clear to those skilled in the art.

When a Gillette type blade is used the studs 7 are retainedin place butwhen a Gem blade is to be sharpened the studs 7 are removed so that thereinforcing strip 18 may lie in the grooves 5. i

What I claim is:

1. In a razor blade holder, a handle, a'pair of clamping members havingflat opposed faces with oppositely disposed grooves in said faces, oneof said members having lug receiving apertures registering with thegroove thereof, and removable lugs located in said grooves and held insaid apertures with retaining friction, and means securin said clampingmembers together and to sai handle.

2. In a razor blade holder, a handle, a pair of flat clamping plateshaving flat opposed faces with oppositely disposed grooves in saidfaces, said members having oppositely disposed lug receiving aperturesregistering with said grooves, those in one member be, ing of lessdiameter than those of the other member, and shouldered lugs located insaid grooves and apertures and held in the apertures of lesser diameterby retaining friction, and means securing said clamping members togetherand to said handle.

3. In a razor blade holder, a handle, a pair of flat clamping plateshaving flat opposed faces with oppositely disposed grooves in saidfaces, said members having oppositely disposed lug receiving aperturesregistering with said grooves, those in one member being of lessdiameter than those of the other member, and shouldered lugs located insaid grooves and apertures and held in the apertures of lesser diameterby retaining friction, and means securing said clamping members togetherand to said handle, said members having their outer longitudinal edgesbevelled to lie in the corresponding planes of the bevels of the cuttingedges of the blade to be sharpened.

4. In razor blade holders, a handle, a pair. of clamping members carriedby said handle, said members having flat opposed faces with oppositelydisposed grooves and having oppositely disposed apertures registeringwith said ooves, and removable shouldered lugs held in the apertures ofone of said members with retaining friction, and means to hold saidclamping members together and to said handle.

DAVID J. PRICE.

